quenya

noun. Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech, Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech; [ᴹQ.] belonging to the Qendi, Quendian

Cognates

• Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/361; WJ/373; WJI/Quenya

Derivations

• ✶kwenyā “Elvish” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/360; WJ/393
  • √KWENED “spoken, articulate, spoken, articulate; [ᴹ√] Elf” ✧ PE19/093
  • √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/093
    • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
  • √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ WJ/360
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
• √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/093; SA/quen
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Element in

• Q. coirëa quenya “living speech” ✧ PM/399
• Q. Quenyarin “*of Quenya” ✧ PMI/Quenya
• Q. queta Quenya “speak Quenya” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138
• Q. quetë Quenya “*speaks Quenya” ✧ PE17/138

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶kwenyā > quenyā	[kwenjā] > [kwenja]	✧ PE17/137
✶kwend(i)ja > Quendya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ PE17/138
√KWEN > quenya	[kwenja]	✧ PE19/093
√quen- > Quenya	[kwenja]	✧ SA/quen
✶kwendjā > Quendya > Quenya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ WJ/360
✶kwendjā > Quenya	[kwendja] > [kwenja]	✧ WJ/393

Variations

• quenyā ✧ PE17/137
• Quendya ✧ PE17/138
• kwenya ✧ PE19/093
• quenya ✧ PE19/093; PM/399

quendya

noun. Elvish

edhellen

adjective. elvish

Element in

• S. annon edhellen, edro hi ammen “Elvish gate open now for us” ✧ LotR/0307; PE17/045

Elements

Word	Gloss
Edhel	“Elf”
-ren	“adjective suffix”

edhellen

elvish

(of language apparently = ”Sindarin”), pl. edhellin****

kwenyā

adjective. Elvish

Changes

• Kwendya → kwenyā ✧ PE17/137

Derivations

• √KWENED “spoken, articulate, spoken, articulate; [ᴹ√] Elf” ✧ PE19/093
  • √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ PE19/093
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392
• √KWEN “speak with rational words” ✧ WJ/360
  • √KWE “vocal speech” ✧ WJ/392

Derivatives

• Q. Quenderin “Quendian, of the Quendi, belonging to the Elves as a whole” ✧ PE19/093
• Q. Quenya “Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech, Elvish, High-elven, Elf-latin, †speech; [ᴹQ.] belonging to the Qendi, Quendian” ✧ PE17/137; PE17/138; WJ/360; WJ/393
• Van. Quendya “Quendian language” ✧ WJ/360

Variations

• kwe-nyā ✧ PE17/137
• Kwendya ✧ PE17/137 (Kwendya)
• kwend(i)ja ✧ PE17/138
• kwendya ✧ PE19/093 (kwendya)
• kwenedyā ✧ PE19/093
• kwendjā ✧ WJ/360; WJ/393